When are you planning on putting up decorations?

I don’t like having them up too early but each to their own. Ours usually go up the week before Christmas Day, not sure if we’ll bother this year. The house is in disarray as we’re having some work done which won’t be finished until next year. We took the opportunity to have a massive declutter and there’s loads of stuff waiting to go to the recycling centre and the charity collection point but we’re still under local lockdown so that’s on hold. We’ll still enjoy Christmas together with or without the tree ?

Christmas Eve as usual but I wont do much as it’s only me that will see them.

December 1st. It was always the first Sunday in December but now Mr. S. has retired it's the 1st.

Saw a house this afternoon with outdoor fairy lights up and on. Must say it looked very cheerful.

However ours will probably go up mid December.

Think many will do their outside ones earlier than usual, to brighten these dark times and dark nights.

Christmas Eve, as usual.

Take them down on Twelfth Night.

no family this year- so no decorations. No Christmas either- but a nice roast with all the trimmings on the day.

Front of house lights - whenever DH does them (that’s his job).
Indoor ones ( the tree is my job) will be done on the nearest Saturday to Christmas Day. ?

And Yes please to mince pies queengran. It’s never too early for those!

I used to put them up the weekend before Christmas and take them dwon January 2nd. That was when I was working and had two children. Now I'm retired I like to put them up a bit earlier, maybe first Sunday in December. I'll still take them down on second of January though.

There are several houses around town that are lit up like Blackpool Illuminations already.
I am of the Keep Christmas in December persuasion.
As we are moving house I'll take the chance to cull my decorations.

Not before mid-December! (As a teacher I always used to wait until the school term had finished.) IMO it seems sad to start now - I don't know how small children will understand this - surely a long wait for Christmas will just drag on for them, and this will reduce the fun?

It always used to be mid December, but this year it will be December 1st. Christmas will be different, there’s no doubt about it, the winter will be long and dark. To me the lights will signify how things used to be, and hopefully how they will be again.

We usually decorate mid December but this year will do it around the first as it has been such a rubbish year. Let us all spread some cheer

We already have one up! It's the artificial in the hall. We get 3 real trees for various rooms and we'll do them as normal in mid-December

But our hall looks absolutely gorgeous now with the lights and Festive bits and bobs. Nobody can actually see it from outside so it can't offend anyone ;-)

I think we can put our decorations up when we like. It doesn't hurt anyone.

Same as usual. Weekend before Christmas.

How about a photo gallery (thread) of Christmas trees and decorations to share with those who may miss their usual family traditions?

Small potted tree - last year’s in the garden - will go outside the front door, with lights, on 1st December.

The rest, inc. the indoor tree, not usually until at least mid Dec., though it’s been earlier if guests have been due.

Once we have a few cards I do start blu-tacking those to various painted surfaces as they arrive.

I love seeing other people’s trees in their windows well before we put ours up, though. So nice and cheerful on dark days.

I shall start putting a few decs, up fairly soon and am not waiting until the 1st December as it has been a terrible year.

I went out to the supermarket and on my way home a house had their outside lights up and a bright Christmas tree in the window. It looked so cheerful and probably one of the first ones up so now I expect to see several more houses decorated.
No mince pies for me not for another couple of weeks but then I only eat maybe one or two over the Christmas as I am not a great lover of them.

Mid December for me. I love Christmas and as I always have a real tree I put it up later.
I understand the sentiment of people putting them up earlier this year but I wonder if the children will get fed up with it.

Not before December for sure.

Up the weekend before Christmas for me and packed away on Boxing Day. It’s a standing joke in my family that I hate Christmas!

I have fairy lights in the kitchen and around the fireplace all year round, Decs are going up 1st December to cheer us up, no GCs this year so we need something to make us smile.
Had a minced pie this evening, home made ones won’t happen until Christmas week.

Tree being delivered on 11 December so next day I expect.

A neighbour has the full regalia put up at the weekend. I must say it is very cheerful and not really early given the year we’ve had.

Week or two before Christmas they ve all got them up here I can’t bear it so early it’s so boring seeing them for weeks and weeks and weeks loses all its sparkle and just feels so boring takes all the enchantment off if they are up so long in my opinion